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Description: | Medal commemorating the bombardment of Dunkirk, 1695. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: View of the town of Dunkirk and harbour, a bastion (right), a two-masted oared galley in harbour; in the foreground a vessel sinking, shells bursting. Legend: 'DUNKERCA ILLAESA.' (Dunkirk uninjured.) Exergue: 'M . DC . XCV.'
caption: Medal commemorating the bombardment of Dunkirk, 1695; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the bombardment of Dunkirk, 1695; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Louis XIV King of France J Mauger | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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